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Article: REPORT: IMPROVE TEACHER TRAINING
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- Post-Tribune (IN)
- Article date:
- January 8, 1995
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EDUCATION
Also ran B6, Valparaiso edition.
If public schools in Indiana are to improve, state lawmakers must change the patchwork nature of teacher training, a report released Thursday said.
Although the Indiana University report did not recommend one specific proposal to enhance teachers' professional development, it outlined several ideas for creating a systematic program.
"At present, professional development is a patchwork affair: an in- service day here, an occasional workshop there," according to the report, which was commissioned by the state Department of Education.
"Continuous learning ...